AES_202 Selected problems of the earliest Bronze Age in Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021

The course is not taught in Autumn 2021

Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Ernée, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Ernée, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(80)
Předmět je určen zájemcům o problematiku. Předpokladem je absolvování předmětu AEB_A06a Introduction to prehistoric and early historic studies. Doporučujeme předmět pro studenty magisterského studia.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 11 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/11, only registered: 0/11, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/11
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to point out critical problems connected with acquisition, processing and interpretation of archaeological data. On the basis of case studies, students will be led to self-evaluation and a realistic attitude to archaeological data. At the end of the course, the students should be able to write a well-considered study based on convincing arguments. The topics concerning the earliest Bronze Age will mostly be used as examples.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- identify critical points in acquisition of archaeological data
- critically evaluate archaeological data before and during their analysis
- critically evaluate professional publications
- write up a well-considered study founded on reasonable arguments.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sequence of prehistoric occupation layers in context – research, analysis and interpretation
  • 2. Nola + Thera – catastrophes
  • 3. Amber + gold – imports, prestigious goods, possibilities of analysis and interpretation
  • 4. Miškovice + Mikulovice – possibilities of research into cemeteries
  • 5. Bruszczewo, Vráble, Hosty…
  • 6. Strontium and oxygen isotopy… - possible applications in research into the earliest Bronze Age
  • 7. Tiles – analysis, possible interpretations and methodical comparison with prehistoric finds
  • 8. Other topics ad hoc, if possible – (Dermsdorf – House of Men + hoard…)
Literature
    required literature
  • Ernée, M. 2012: Jantar v České únětické kultuře – k počátkům jantarové stezky. Bernstein in der böhmischen Aunjetitz-Kultur – Zu den Anfängen der Bernsteinstraße. Památky archeologické 103, 2012 71–172.
  • Ernée, M. 2005: Využití fosfátové půdní analýzy při interpretaci kulturního souvrství a zahloubených objektů z mladší a pozdní doby bronzové v Praze 10 - Záběhlicích – The use of soil phosphate analysis in the interpretation of Late and Final Bronze Age
  • Ernée, M. 2008: Pravěké kulturní souvrství jako archeologický pramen. Urgeschichtliche Kulturschicht als archäologische Quelle. Památky archeologické - Supplementum 20. Praha.
  • ERNÉE, Michal. Prag-Miškovice : archäologische un naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zu Grabbau, Bestattungssitten und Inventaren einer frühbronzezeitlichen Nekropole. Darmstadt: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2015, 319 pp. Römisch-Germanische Forschungen. Band 72. ISBN 978-3-8053-4969-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Knipper, C. et al. 2017: Female exogamy and gene pool diversification at the transition from the Final Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age in central Europe. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1706355114
  • Woltermann, G. 2016: Die prähistorischen Bernsteinartefakte aus Deutschland vom Paläolithikum bis zur Bronzezeit. Methodische Forschungen zu Lagerstättengenese, Distributionsstrukturen und sozioökonomischem Kontext. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistori
  • Bátora, J. – Eitel, B. – Hecht, S. – Koch, A. – Rassmann, K. – Schukraft, G. – Winkelmann, K. 2009: Fidvár bei Vráble (Kr. Nitra, Südwestslowakei). Untersuchungen auf einem äneolithisch-frühbronzezeitlichen Siedlungshügel. Germania 87, 2009, 1–23.
  • Czebreszuk, J. 2007: Amber between the Baltic and the Aegean in the third and second Millenium BC (an Outline of Major Issues). In: I. Galanaki/H. Tomas/Y. Galanakis/R. Laffineur (eds.), Between the Aegean and Baltic Seas. Proc. Internat. Conference Bron
  • Bruszczewo II : Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in einer prähistorischen Siedlungskammer Großpolens = badania mikroregionu osadniczego z terenu Wielkopolski. Edited by Johannes Müller - Jutta Kneisel, Translated by Janusz Czebreszuk. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt, 2010, s. 341-878. ISBN 9783774936744. info
  • Bruszczewo II : Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in einer prähistorischen Siedlungskammer Großpolens = badania mikroregionu osadniczego z terenu Wielkopolski. Edited by Johannes Müller - Jutta Kneisel, Translated by Janusz Czebreszuk. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt, 2010, 331 s. ISBN 9783774936744. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar presentation, group discussion, at-home reading, preparation of a study.
Assessment methods
The precondition for a successful completion of the course is the elaboration of a paper (10 standard pages of text + literature, inclusive of references in the text + pictorial supplements) and its presentation (15-minute-speech, at least 15 slides, observing the time limit).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught every other week.
General note: Doporučujeme předmět pro studenty magisterského studia.
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